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Gusts of up to 80mph are expected in the South-east on Sunday morning, with people being warned of disruption on travel services, interruptions to power supplies and damage to buildings.

The Met Office issued an “amber” weather warning for the area from Bournemouth to Dover today with the storm expected to move northeast across the south of the country, bringing heavy showers and up to 1.6 inches of rain over several hours with possible floods.

A yellow “be aware” warning for wind and rain associated with the storm has been issued over a larger area, including London, with gusts of up to 55mph expected elsewhere. Yellow warnings for ice have been also been issued for the Midlands, the North of England, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Meanwhile, specialist officers have travelled to the Outer Hebrides to find out why elderly couple Donald and Maureen Macmillan died outside their home in in freezing temperatures.

It is believed Mr Macmillan, 73, - who ran the village post office in the small village of Gravir on Lewis - may have slipped on ice and fallen and his wife who went to help him may have suffered a similar fate.